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A new bill in Tennessee prohibiting the federal government from engaging in geoengineering experimentation involving the release of chemicals into the sky, what some refer to as “chemtrails,” passed the State Senate on Monday. Share Jon Fleetwood Follow Jon Fleetwood: Instagram @realjonfleetwood / Twitter @JonMFleetwood / Facebook @realjonfleetwood SAVE 10% USE CODE 'FLEETWOOD' The legislation passed with 25 ‘ayes’ and 6 ‘nays.’ Senators voting aye were: Bowling, Briggs, Crowe, Gardenhire, Haile, Jackson, Johnson, Lowe, Lundberg, Massey, Niceley, Pody, Powers, Reeves, Roberts, Rose, Southerland, Stevens, Swann, Taylor, Walley, Watson, White, Yager, and Speaker McNally.

Bill Burr: "If you're going to fail, fail doing what you want." Bill Burr is one of best comedians out there so I love devouring interviews with him. Below, some comedy (and life) wisdom from Burr taken from various podcasts and interviews. 1. Get good at bombing. I knew I was going to bomb. It’s inevitable. It’s like if you fight. If you fight long enough, somebody’s going to come along a little faster and you’re goi…

Up until a month ago, I thought Bill Burr was a cheeky rebel who had earned justified fame by telling hard truths for laughs—especially about how our present moment encourages women’s worst qualities and turns men beleaguered and suspicious. Hilarious spots like “Epidemic of Gold Digging Whores” gave comic zing to the frustrations of men confronting the stacked deck of modern marriage. From the first few minutes of Old Dads, the movie Burr co-wrote and directed, it seems as if the story will offer more of the same outrage humor.

Bill DonahueI’ve been working as a journalist since 1987, and I've written for Outside, The Atlantic and The New York Times Magazine, among others. I live in rural New Hampshire and try to get out on my bike or my cross-country skis every afternoon. ncG1vNJzZmirpZfAta3CpGWcp51kjaO1y6WbqKaRncKmfZI%3D

In our previous article about Yelp’s shady tactics, we mentioned a forthcoming documentary exposé titled Billion Dollar Bully. It has been released. We wanted to examine its case against Yelp, the film’s impact, and how Yelp’s practices have evolved since the filmmaker, Kaylie Milliken, started seeking distribution, which turned out to be a multi-year ordeal. A quick sampling of reviews from those most likely to receive the film’s message most positively―members of the online social media forum “Yelp Exposed”―were mixed.

It’s right there, hidden in plain view. Pros almost always have it. Amateurs rarely do. A deadline. The curtain is coming up. The bride is walking down the aisle. The second chorus is over, and it’s time for your solo. Ready or not, the show must go on. The day after the wedding ceremony is the country gig. The next day you've got a rehearsal for the gig you have the day after that.

Hi folks 👋 For those who don’t know me, I’m Simas from Bloom Labs - a biodiversity finance newsletter & consultancy. I focus on all things biodiversity markets, nature accounting & biodiversity measurement, reporting and verification (MRV). Cheers! One of the most frequent questions I get is “how are biodiversity credits calculated?”. That’s why I dug deep into all the indicators and metrics included into credit calculation by every biodiversity credit scheme I could find (here’s a detailed list of them I made earlier).

For years I have thought about her—Bird Lady from Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. When I watched the movie as a kid, I loved her character. I loved that she cared for the city birds, and that they seemed to care for her. I loved the warmth of her presence. In the movie, she has no name (though she of course has a name, and not naming her is absolutely tragic), but is played by Irish actress Brenda Fricker, who has been in more than thirty films and was the first Irish actress to win an academy award.

(Listen to the radio version here.) On Wednesday, January 3, for the first time since my surgery, I spent a full day birding in the Sax-Zim Bog with Erik Bruhnke. At this point in my recovery, Erik is the only person I’d try this with. He knows the bog even better than I do, and hardly any birds get past him. My vision is as good as it was when I was in my twenties now that I’ve had my cataracts taken care of, making me a fine spotter, but I knew that if my brain wasn’t as engaged as it should be, we’d still see everything thanks to Erik.